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Again, my day job has prevented me studying the weather patterns. My apologies. Things should settle down in the coming months, I hope!

We are in the midst of a very stormy pattern that is going to give the Sierra good dumpage over the next 3 days. The majority of that will come late Thursday afternoon through Friday afternoon. We are expecting 2-3 feet at the Western Crest of the Sierra and 10-18 inches in Carson range, above 7,000 feet. The snow levels will drop as this system brings in a potent cold front. There will be some valley spillover in the form of rain and then snow late on Friday. Some areas in the foothills could pick up close to .75 inches of rain by Friday night. Here is a look at the precip forecast through Saturday afternoon:

Here is a look at the forecast for early Friday morning. This storm will effect Central through Northern California:

If you are worrying about water for the summer, we did pick up close to 250 inches of snow at the Western Crest of the Northern …

I am an avid Snowboarder. During the day I am a computer programmer (Web and Database development). I live in an area called Arrow Creek, which is located between downtown Reno and Incline Village at an elevation of 5,500 feet on the eastern front range of the Northern Sierra Nevada mountains.
When not snowboarding, I enjoy playing golf. In fact, my posse is made up of skiers, snowboarders and golfers. Where we live, you can oftentimes do both on the same day.
If you see a group of snowboarders and skiers flying down the slopes of Mt. Rose, that could be us. Please move aside as we may have a tee time to catch.